Isaac Clarence Kulp (1938-2007) was an historian, antiquarian, and folk artist of Vernfield, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania.
In the 1960s he was one of the pioneers of Pennsylvania German folk culture research in the Goschenhoppen region of Montgomery
County and surrounding areas. His collection of folklore notes, tape recordings, books, paintings, photographs and other manuscripts
has been preserved at the Mennonite Heritage Center. The I. C. Kulp Audiovisual Collection contains 48 reel-to-reel and cassette
tapes on which Mr. Kulp documented some of his research, interviews and historical work over the years. On these tapes can
be heard traditional music of the Pennsylvania German community, as well as folklife interviews conducted by I. C. Kulp and
fellow historians. In addition to audio tapes, there is a set of DVD’s that contain 28 hours of explanation and discussion
by I. C. Kulp, John Ruth and Alan Keyser on items in Mr. Kulp’s collections. (View full finding aid.)

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Isaac Clarence Kulp audiovisual collection

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Kulp, Isaac Clarence, 1938-2007

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MHEP.Hist.Mss.436.5

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2 linear feet ((3 boxes))

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1955-2007

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Isaac Clarence Kulp (1938-2007) was an historian, antiquarian, and folk artist of Vernfield, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania.
In the 1960s he was one of the pioneers of Pennsylvania German folk culture research in the Goschenhoppen region of Montgomery
County and surrounding areas. His collection of folklore notes, tape recordings, books, paintings, photographs and other manuscripts
has been preserved at the Mennonite Heritage Center. The I. C. Kulp Audiovisual Collection contains 48 reel-to-reel and cassette
tapes on which Mr. Kulp documented some of his research, interviews and historical work over the years. On these tapes can
be heard traditional music of the Pennsylvania German community, as well as folklife interviews conducted by I. C. Kulp and
fellow historians. In addition to audio tapes, there is a set of DVD’s that contain 28 hours of explanation and discussion
by I. C. Kulp, John Ruth and Alan Keyser on items in Mr. Kulp’s collections.

Isaac Clarence Kulp (1938-2007) was an historian, antiquarian, and folk artist of Vernfield, Montgomery Co., PA. In the 1960s
he was one of the pioneers of Pennsylvania German folk culture research in the Goschenhoppen region of Montgomery County and
surrounding areas. His collection of folklore notes, tape recordings, books, paintings, photographs and other manuscripts
has been preserved at the Mennonite Heritage Center. The I. C. Kulp Papers include personal and family manuscripts and correspondence,
papers from his involvement in organizations and projects including the Goschenhoppen Historians (of which he was a founder),
and papers related to his varied interests. The highlight of Mr. Kulp’s papers are his historical and folklore diaries. During
his active adult life, I. C. Kulp kept historical diaries in which he made notes about things told to him by local people
regarding folklore, etc. (View full finding aid.)

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Isaac Clarence Kulp papers

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Kulp, Isaac Clarence, 1938-2007, Creator

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MHEP.Hist.Mss.436.1

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19 linear feet ((19 boxes))

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1907-2007

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Isaac Clarence Kulp (1938-2007) was an historian, antiquarian, and folk artist of Vernfield, Montgomery Co., PA. In the 1960s
he was one of the pioneers of Pennsylvania German folk culture research in the Goschenhoppen region of Montgomery County and
surrounding areas. His collection of folklore notes, tape recordings, books, paintings, photographs and other manuscripts
has been preserved at the Mennonite Heritage Center. The I. C. Kulp Papers include personal and family manuscripts and correspondence,
papers from his involvement in organizations and projects including the Goschenhoppen Historians (of which he was a founder),
and papers related to his varied interests. The highlight of Mr. Kulp’s papers are his historical and folklore diaries. During
his active adult life, I. C. Kulp kept historical diaries in which he made notes about things told to him by local people
regarding folklore, etc.

From 1979 to 2005, historian Mary Jane Lederach Hershey visited many libraries, museums and private fraktur collections in
the eastern United States, gathering data and photographs of fraktur produced by or related to the Mennonite community of
eastern Pennsylvania. She collected data on over 1,000 items. Some were featured in her book This Teaching I Present: Fraktur
from the Skippack and Salford Mennonite Meetinghouse Schools, 1747-1836 (Good Books, 2003). A full inventory of the data/photo
sheets is available in PDF: http://mhep.org/files/inventories/HM407inventory.pdf or as an Excel spreadsheet (for sorting):
http://mhep.org/files/inventories/HM407inventory.xlsx. Search either of these by pressing Ctrl+f. (View full finding aid.)

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Mary Jane Lederach Hershey fraktur research collection

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Hershey, Mary Jane Lederach, 1930-

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MHEP.Hist.Mss.407

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4 linear feet ((18 flat boxes))

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1979-2005

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From 1979 to 2005, historian Mary Jane Lederach Hershey visited many libraries, museums and private fraktur collections in
the eastern United States, gathering data and photographs of fraktur produced by or related to the Mennonite community of
eastern Pennsylvania. She collected data on over 1,000 items. Some were featured in her book This Teaching I Present: Fraktur
from the Skippack and Salford Mennonite Meetinghouse Schools, 1747-1836 (Good Books, 2003). A full inventory of the data/photo
sheets is available in PDF: http://mhep.org/files/inventories/HM407inventory.pdf or as an Excel spreadsheet (for sorting):
http://mhep.org/files/inventories/HM407inventory.xlsx. Search either of these by pressing Ctrl+f.

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